Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
> It must be manufacturer because I've never had
> mandrake not detect all of my ram yet my brother had
> to do the lilo thing to use his second 128M stick.
>
> Dacia
> --- Patti Wavinak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > My better half <g> has 256M and it is detected on
> > every installation...I on
> > the other hand also have 256M and it does NOT detect
> > it :-( Personally he
> > thinks it depends on who made the chip...some chips
> > are more sensitive than
> > others. We have the same amount of memory but
> > different manufacturers so
> > what he thinks makes a lot of sense.
> >
> > Patti
> > Registered Linux User #184611
> >
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message
> > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> > On 9/10/00, 6:04:21 AM, Dennis Myers
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding
> > [newbie] RAM Detection:
> >
> >
> > > I just checked on my install of 7.0 to double boot
> > with Win98 and found
> > > that the installation detected my 128M of ram. Why
> > would it work on my
> > > machine when I read that so many others must do
> > the append mem= thing to
> > > get their RAM recognized? Not complaining, just
> > curious, cause maybe
> > > there is something in autodetect that happens
> > during config. Has anyone
> > > else seen the correct ram detected during
> > installation?
> > > --
> > > Dennis a registered linux user #180842
> >
>
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In my opinion it has nothing with the manufacturer to do - I had mine
256 Mb detected alright, and then changed to another MOBO - Abit BP6 -
and then I had only 64 Mb.
My solution was to upgrade to a new BIOS version - now I have them all
again.
Sincerely Mogens J�ger
